The university said Elsa’s devastated family believe she took her own life after she was discovered at a farm just two miles away from her home in picturesque village Broad Chalke, rural Wiltshire, earlier this month.

Tributes were paid to languages student Elsa after the university this week launched a campaign to address the stigma surrounding mental health and suicide in men.

Two other students at her university – Miranda Williams, 19, and Lara Nosiru, 23 – are suspected to have killed themselves since September.

Elsa was half way through a year abroad when she was found dead near her home village on March 3

The university added that the welfare of its students and staff was its “highest priority”, adding: “It is distressing for all members of the university community that one of our students has died.”

“We would urge any students affected by this tragic incident to seek support from university services, friends or family.

“In the context of increasing national concerns about student mental health we have been working with our staff and students to review how best to support all students’ including those with enduring mental health difficulties.

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